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ISIS : an introduction and guide to the Islamic State / Brian L. Steed.

Van Pelt Library HV6433.I722 I8576 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Steed, Brian L., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
IS (Organization).
Physical Description:
xiv, 197 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
Contents:
What's in a Name?: IS, ISIS, ISIL, Da'ash 5
What Is ISIS? 9
Leaders of ISIS 13
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 13
Abu Ayyub al-Masri 16
Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi 16
Abu Bakr al-Quraishi al-Baghdadi 17
The History and Operations of ISIS: Iraq to Syria to Iraq Again 21
Phase 1: Operating in al-Qaeda's Shadow 21
Phase 2: A State Is Declared 24
Phase 3: Arab Spring 25
Phase 4: Building the State 27
Phase 5: Declaring the State 29
Phase 6: Defending the State 31
Ideas behind ISIS 35
Management of Savagery: Violence as a Tool 35
Salafist Ideology 36
Religious End-of-Days Interpretations 38
Caliphate 39
Slavery' 40
Idolatry 40
Enemies of ISIS 43
U.S.-Led Coalition (Part of Operation Inherent Resolve) 43
Syrian Regime 44
Syrian Opposition 45
Iraqi Regime 47
Popular Mobilization Forces 48
Tribes 49
Kurdish Resistance 50
Iran 51
The Attraction of ISIS 53
Recruiting 53
Women in ISIS 55
Financing ISIS 55
Allegiance to ISIS: The Loyal Following 59
Conservative Sunni Muslims 60
Former Ba'athists and Former Iraqi Regime Members 60
Sunni Nationalists 61
Salafi-Jihadis 61
Foreign Fighters 61
Foreign Supporters 62
Allies and Franchises 62
ISIS and the Media 63
Twitter 63
Web Sites 64
Video 64
Magazine-Dabiq 64
Taking Credit 65
Violence for Media's Sake 65
Life in the Islamic State 67
Is ISIS a State? 71
Reference Entries 73
Abbasid Caliphate 73
Al-Amiri, Hadi 74
Al-Assad, Bashar Hafez 74
Al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdullah al-Rashid 75
Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 76
Al-Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad 76
Al-Masri, Abu Ayyub 77
Al-Qaeda 77
Al-Sham (Levant) 78
Al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab 79
Al-Zawahiri, Ay man 79
Alawi (Alawite[sJ) 80
Amir al-Mu'minin. (Prince of the Faithful) 81
Arab 81
Arab Spring 82
Baghdad, Iraq S3
Bay'ah (Oath of Allegiance) 84
Bayji, Battle of 85
Bin Laden, Osama 86
Boko Haram 87
Caliph 88
Caliph, Rashidun 89
Caliphate 92
CENTCOM 93
Crusades 94
Dabiq, Battle of 96
Dabiq Magazine 97
Dajjal 99
Deir al-Zour, Battle of 100
Fallujah, Iraq 100
Hadith 102
Hijrah 103
Hezbollah 104
Islam 106
Islam, Five Pillars 107
Islamic Conquests (Seventh Century) 109
Israel 111
Jabhat al-Nusra 113
Lihad 114
Kharajites or Khawarij 116
Kobane, Battle of 116
Mahdi 117
Mosul, Iraq 118
Nasheed 119
Omar, Mohammed 121
Operation Desert Storm 123
Operation Inherent Resolve 124
Operation Iraqi Freedom 124
Ottoman Empire 128
Palmyra, Syria 128
Quran 129
Quraysh 130
Ramadi, Battle of 131
Raqqa, Syria 132
Safavid Empire 132
Sahwa (Sunni Uprising) 133
Salafist 135
Sharia 136
Shia 137
Soleimani, Qasem 138
Sunni or ahl al-sunna 138
The Surge 139
Sykes-Picot Agreement 141
Tikrit, Battle of 142
Umayyad Caliphate 142
Ummah 144
Wahhabi 144
Wilayah 145
Yazidi 147.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781440849862
1440849862
OCLC:
933272079

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